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We are planning a large wedding......but I have a question about bridal party size & opinions are divided on wedding sites about this. Since it’s not going to be a traditional ceremony, do I still need lots of wedding attendants because of the size of the wedding reception....or would it be ok to keep it to 1 each to hold the rings...help with my dress...& give a toast? I know it’s traditional to have at least 5 or 6 for a large wedding.....but it doesn’t seem necessary IMO because we aren’t being traditional.....but I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings.
It saves some of my friends from getting bridesmaids dresses & takes away lots of stress IMO & no rehearsal dinner.........but I have a friend that she is expecting to be asked because I was a bridesmaid for her & she knows it’s going to be a big wedding......
We are planning a large wedding......but I have a question about bridal party size & opinions are divided on wedding sites about this. Since it’s not going to be a traditional ceremony, do I still need lots of wedding attendants because of the size of the wedding reception....or would it be ok to keep it to 1 each to hold the rings...help with my dress...& give a toast? I know it’s traditional to have at least 5 or 6 for a large wedding.....but it doesn’t seem necessary IMO because we aren’t being traditional.....but I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings.
It saves some of my friends from getting bridesmaids dresses & takes away lots of stress IMO & no rehearsal dinner.........but I have a friend that she is expecting to be asked because I was a bridesmaid for her & she knows it’s going to be a big wedding......
I’m no expert and my wedding was years ago, but I did have about 500 guests at my wedding here in the states. I had another wedding in Europe-that’s another story. Anyways, I don’t think it matters how many attendants you have. I had about six if I remember correctly. This is really up to you. Congratulations!!
Location: As of 2022….back to SoCal. OC this time!
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Originally Posted by spencgr
Number of attendants have nothing to do with attendance size.
To the websites & every wedding I’ve been to or stood up for....they do....but we are not having a traditional ceremony so....IMO it won’t matter.....
Number of attendants have nothing to do with attendance size.
That's what I believe.
One of the last weddings that I attended (about 100 people), the bride and groom only had a maid of honor and best man. They had others (four men and four women) hold the canopy during the service and they were "sort of" their attendants, too. The women in the wedding party each wore a street length summer frocks (that they selected) in various colors and the men each wore tan pants and a long sleeve white shirt. The bride and groom did not have a "bridal table" but sat at a the same type of circular tables as their guests, with their parents and their one sibling at that table.
To the websites & every wedding I’ve been to or stood up for....they do....but we are not having a traditional ceremony so....IMO it won’t matter.....
Do yourself a favor right now and quit making any plans based on what the internet says you should do, or what your friends have done. Do what YOU want to do.
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